Technology Lead - Cloud

Location: Whiteley, Hampshire

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Role Overview:

Within Leidos, CIO Services provide Enterprise IT to internal Leidos customers globally.

The CIO Services UK team are about to embark on a significant cloud deployment enabling use of the cloud for hosting enterprise services and various business programme requirements. We’re therefore looking for a technical expert with an in-depth understanding of AWS and Azure, infrastructure components, security best practices, and architectural patterns.

Though hands-on, being at a senior level, you will be expected to provide technical leadership and governance to the cloud environment, ensuring established global standards are maintained, costs are controlled, and best practices are implemented where possible.

A key part of the role will be to keep up to date with the latest developments in this technology, collaborating within Leidos and external vendors and assessing the latest offerings from platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP to see how they can improve efficiency or add value to our service.

To be successful we need somebody who possesses curiosity, creativity, tech-savviness, persistence, strong analytical and problem-solving skills. You will already be used to collecting requirements, developing architectures while identifying efficiencies and improvements along the way. Providing guidance on resource allocation, scalability, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization will also be an important part of the role.

Most services we provide in-country are on-prem right now and so experience in VMware vSphere and NSX will be advantageous, as would a strong desire to pass on knowledge and experience to colleagues at all levels beginning their journey into cloud computing.

Skills Required:

• Strong experience leading cloud initiatives or senior level cloud engineering
• Substantial experience leading and designing cloud/on-prem infrastructure solutions
• AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional level certification
• Demonstrable experience of transitioning legacy platforms to AWS
• Demonstrable experience of implementing solutions using AWS with Linux technologies and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible
• Demonstrable experience of working in a DevOps environment
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless computing
• Experience of applying security to all workloads
• Experience troubleshooting/analysing issues in the cloud, scripts and performance bottlenecks
• Strong foundational knowledge of technology concepts including cloud operating models, networking, security, compute and operating systems
• Ability to develop peer networks across an enterprise to maintain technology awareness and to support the resolution of problems
• Must be able to obtain UK MoD SC level clearance
• Willingness to occasionally work outside normal business hours or weekends as needed to avoid disruption during core business operations

Skills Desired:

• Azure Solution Architect Expert certification or Google Cloud Architect Professional certification
• Experience working in line with Cyber Essentials Plus and other HMG/MoD security requirements

Clearance Requirements:

• Clearance to Start SC
• Clearance for Role SC
   

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What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
•    Contributory Pension Scheme
•    Private Medical Insurance
•    33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
•    Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

•    Dynamic Working 

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.  We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.  If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.          

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.